Melbourne musicians have been hit particularly hard by lockdown measures, resulting in the cancellation of all but online gigs. This not only impacts their careers, but their mental health, too. 

 

Angus Thomson speaks to RMIT Music Industry Professors Kat Nelligan, Dr Shelley Brunt, and Melbourne musicians Gabriella Payne and Nathan Wong.

Mac Springs' When the Wheels Fall Off is featured at the beginning and end of the package and can be found on all streaming services.

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Despite the lack of health concerns in developed countries, allergies are increasing across the developed world.

Why is this happening and what can be done to curb it?

Benjamin Polazzon spoke to Associate Professor Adrian Lowe about his research and the insight he hopes to gain into allergens. 

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For two decades, the Australian Football League has tried to tackle racist abuse towards its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players with little success. Now, Indigenous and non-Indigenous players have come together demanding more be done to prevent the harmful slander from continuing.

Angus Thomson spoke to Shelley Ware, an Yankunytjatjara and Wirangu woman and co-author of the End Racism Open Letter, about the issues faced by First Nation people not just as players but in off-the-field professions.

He also spoke with People and Engagement Manager at Geelong Football Club and Larrakia man Mathew Stokes about his views on Indigenous players receiving a fair go as players and the barriers they face to reaching coaching positions. 

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The coronavirus is impacting people from all over the world.

People are stuck overseas and others fear for their family and communities.

Youssef Saudie spoke to Neha Vasudeva, Yamini Varsani, and Munatji Mckenzie about their experiences on not being able to travel due to COVID-19.

Neha Vasudeva is from California, US and currently resides there. They were supposed to be in Shanghai, China studying Chinese language. Munatji McKenzie is from Denmark and a Yankunytjatjara, Pitjantjatjara and Arrernte woman concerned about her family and Indigenous community during COVID. Yamini Varsani is from Gujarat, India who planned to move to London to study law.

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Plans for the construction of an underground physics lab will make the former Stawell Mine in Victoria operational as the epicentre for dark matter research in the Southern Hemisphere.

Anneliese Farrer spoke with University of Melbourne’s Dr. Elisabetta Berberio to hear more about the undertaking.

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Modern slavery is one of the biggest forms of exploitation on the planet today, but the average Australian resident knows little about it. 

Reporter Wing Kuang spoke to CEO of Ethical Trade Alliance Lawrence Christoffelsz and CEO of Xugar digital agency Sagar Sethi about the website they developed for Australians to identify brands which use modern slave labour for their products. 

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This week our reporters Youssef Saudie and Wing Kuang asked one another questions about their packages.

Youssef gave an update on the youth he interviewed and where they are now since he made the package. Wing expanded on her package detailing the importance of caring about the impact modern slavery has on us and how to combat it.

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Compared to other Western democracies, Australia has an incredibly high level of media concentration. This limits the variety of viewpoints and opinions expressed on currents affairs and news events. Reporter Benjamin Polazzon spoke to Associate Professor Simone Murray about the problems Australia faces in regard to media concentration.

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First Nations scholars at Melbourne’s Monash University are spearheading a new program which teaches science through Indigenous knowledge and wisdom. 

Wing Kuang spoke to Krystal De Napoli and Dr. Angela Ziebell for more information on the new unit, how it has been received and what they hope becomes of it.

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Our reporters Rafal Alumairy and Anneliese Farrer interview Student Journalist of the Year Jack Ward. Last year, after the closure of Ararat's local newspaper, he was the only source of local independent news. He joins us today to discuss the news situation in Ararat and the importance of young people in journalism. 

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